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proditiosus

proditiosus [ML < CL proditio+-osus] , that pertains to betrayal or treachery, treacherous: a (of person or group); b (of act). a s1229 applicuit ‥ comes Britannie, vir ~us et cavillator M. Par. Min. II 319; s1306 sue proditiose faccioni noluit assentire Eul. Hist. III 188.  b s1234 tunc consiliarii sepedicti, violentia ~a, ‥ illis omnia ‥ concesserunt M. Par. Maj. III 266; s1321 ~is suorum domesticorum insidiis Flor. Hist. III 204; c1340 hostibus ‥ in ‥ sceleribus participem extitisse, opem et ~um consilium impendendo FormOx 142; s1459 remota ‥ justicia, nil aliud sunt regna, secundum Augustinum, nisi magna latrocinia, sive ‥ ~a prodigiosaque conspiramenta Reg. Whet. I 347.

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